Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Unknown Artist
blade, early 17th century; mounting, 1858
Medium
Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), paper, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper, gold
Dimensions
L. 23 5/16 in. (59.2 cm); L.of blade 17 in. (43.2 cm); L. of cutting edge 12 3/16 in.(30.9 cm); D. of curvature 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Classification
Swords
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession Number
91.2.77